Type holder



July 22, 1947. w. R. KING 2,424,397

TYPE HOLDER Filed June 21, '1944 ll/M153 1512 12K C Patented July 22,1947 TYPE HOLDER William R. King, Newark, N. J., assignor to Jas.

H. Matthews & 00., Pittsburgh, Pa., a corporation of PennsylvaniaApplication June 21, 1944, Serial No. 541,390

(Cl. fill-28) l Claims.

This invention relates to type holders and especially those intended forholding metal type and adapted to be subjected to hammer blows to markobjects with the metal type.

Type holders for metal type have to be strong and rugged and providedwith means enabling the type to be changed. They should be simplyconstructed and composed of few parts. It is also desirable that they besusceptible of manufacture at low cost.

The portion of the type holder against which the type bears and whichtransmits the force of the hammer blow through the holder to the type iscalled the anvil. The anvil should be of very hard heat treated steel toenable it to be used over a long period of time without becomingdeformed by the type. Also the type should be easily and quicklyremovable and replaceable and means should be provided for holding thetype properly in place in the holder when the device is in use.

I have devised a type holder having advantages in low cost ofmanufacture, simplicity of construction, ease of manipulation andfoolproofness which I have not found in any other type holder heretoforeavailable. I provide a type holder comprising a. body, a readilyremovable and replaceable anvil against which the type bears and afastening device for fastening the anvil to the body. Preferably thebody is laterally open, which not only facilitate-s removal andreplacement of type but reduces the cost of machining in making thebody. Desirably the anvil is insertable laterally into the body andmeans connected with the body and entering the anvil are provided forfastening the anvil in the body.

I further provide a type holder comprising a body, a combined anvil andtype retainer against which the type bears and which holds the type inplace in the body and means for fastening the combined anvil and typeretainer to the body. Preferably the combined anvil and type retainer isinsertable laterally into the body and desirably it has a portion lyingalongside the type to hold the type in place. The combined anvil andtype retainer preferably also closes the body.

The combined anvil and type retainer, herein generally referred tosimply as the anvil, preferably has a portion extending alongside thetype and a projection at said portion for interengagement with the typeto hold the type in place. To enable removal and replacement of the typethe anvil is shif-table to move the projection out of engagement withthe type, this preferably being accomplished by tilting the anvil.

Other details, objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent as the following description of a present preferred embodimentthereof proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a present preferred embodimentof the invention, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a typeholder with type held therein;

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the body of the type holder shown inFigure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the anvil;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the body but in inverted position;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the anvil but in inverted position;

Figure 6 is a view partly in elevation and partly in longitudinal crosssection through the type holder showing type in place therein but withthe anvil in it tilted or inoperative position providing for removal andreplacement of the type; and

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 but showing the anvil fastenedtightly in place to hold the type as in Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the type holdercomprises three parts, the body 2, the anvil 3 and the screw 4 forholding the anvil in place with respect to the body. The body is anelongated piece of metal of generally rectangular cross section providedat one end with a recess 5 which is open both laterally andlongitudinally of the body. The recess is of uniform lateral depth, thatis, in the direction perpendicular to the bottom 6 of the recess. Acircular hole l whose axis is perpendicular to the bottom 6 of therecess extends through the wall of the body 2 and intersects the recessat its bottom. The internal diameter of the hole 1 is somewhat greaterthan the external diameter of the shank of the screw 4 to permit limitedtilting of the screw as shown inFigure 6 and for a purpose presently tobe described.

The anvil 3 is of a shape to close the recess 5 laterally, having acentral portion 8 of a depth equal to the depth of the recess so thatwhen the anvil is in place in the recess the inner surface of theportion 8 will lie flat against the bottom 6 of the recess as shown inFigure '7. The types are adapted to have their inner ends abuttingagainst a shoulder 9 of the anvil, the anvil having an extension Itextending beyond the shoulder 9, a projection ll projecting laterallyfrom the inner face of the extension Ill. The projection II is adaptedto enter recesses in the types to retain them in position in the holderwhen the screw '4 is tightened.

Referring to Figure '7, the types are shown. at

l5, each having a recess l2 adapted to receive the projection H of theanvil. The projection l I is smaller than the recesses l2 so that thethrust transmitted from the holder to the type when the device is usedwill be transmitted entirely through the shoulder 9 of the anvil and notthrough the projection I l. The anvil has a bearing of very substantialarea against the inner end I3 of the recess 5. The screw 4 passesthrough the hole I in the base 2 with its head outside as shown inFigures 6 and 7 and is screwed into the anvil 8, which is provided withan internally threaded bore [4 for receiving the threaded shank of thescrew. The shank of the screw is of a length equal to the thickness ofthe type holder as shown in Figure 7.

As will have become apparent from the above description, the anvil 3 isa combined anvil and type retainer as it serves to transmit the force ofthe hammer blow from the base 2 to the type and also serves to hold thetype in place in the base. Thus the type holder is of extremely ruggedand simple construction, consisting of only the three parts asdescribed.

In Figure 7 the type holder is shown with the screw 4 tightened to holdthe anvil firmly against the bottom 6 of the recess and to retain thetypes I5. When the types are to be changed the screw is turned out asshown in Figure 6 and the anvil is tilted until the projection H clearsthe recesses I2 in the types, whereupon the types may be withdrawn andother types substituted. The anvil may be very simply tilted afterturning out of the screw 4 by pressure of the finger on the uppersurface of the anvil adjacent the righthand end thereof viewing Figure6.

The anvil is preferably made of high quality heat treated steel towithstand the impact of the types against the shoulder 9 when the deviceis in use. The anvil is small in comparison with the body of the holderso that the amount of metal in it is quite limited. The body 2 of theholder may be made of less expensive metal. Due to the substantialbearing area between the anvil and the base at the inner end l3 oftherecess 5 the force transmitted between the anvil and the base whenthe device is in use is distributed through the metal of the base sothat it is not necessary that the base be made of the very high qualitysteel preferably employed for the anvil. The employment of a single partacting as both anvil and type retainer contributes largely to thesimplicity, ruggedness and foolproofness of the type holder. The partsare so designed that all of the machining operations are simpleoperations, resulting in low cost of manufacture.

While I have shown and described a present preferred embodiment of theinvention, it is to be distinctly understood that the invention is notlimited thereto but may be otherwise variously embodied within the scopeof the following claims.

I claim:

1. A type holder comprising alaterally open body, a unitary anvil andtype retainer against which type is adapted to bear and having means forinterengagement with the type, the unitary anvil and type retainerclosing the body and having a projection intermediate its ends bearingagainst the interior of the body opposite the lateral opening thereinand about which the unitary anvil and type retainer is tiltable to movesaid means out of interengagement with the type to permit removal of thetype, and meansv cooperating with the unitary anvil and type retainerand with the body to fasten the unitary anvil and type retainer rigidlyto the body in type holding position,

2. A type holder comprising a body having a recess open both laterallyand longitudinally of the body and of uniform lateral 'depth throughout,a unitary anvil and type retainer fitting into said recess and bearingagainst the body at the end of said recess, the unitary anvil and typeretainer having a portion against which type is adapted to bear and aportion for interengagement with the type to hold it in place, theunitary anvil and type retainer having a portion spaced from its innerend bearing against the interior of the body opposite the lateralopening therein and having a recess at its inner end facing the interiorof the body so that the unitary anvil and type retainer is tiltableabout said last mentioned portion thereof to move said means out ofinterengagement with the type to permit removal of the type, and meansfor fastening the unitary anvil and type retainer to the body.

3. A type holder comprising a body having a recess open both laterallyand longitudinally of the body, a unitary anvil and type retainerfitting into said recess and bearing against the body at the end of therecess, the unitary anvil and type retainer having a portion againstwhich type is adapted to bear and a portion for interengagement with thetype to hold it in place, the unitary anvil and type retainer having aprojection spaced from its inner end bearing against the interior of thebody opposite the lateral opening therein and about which the unitaryanvil and type retainer is tiltable to move said means out ofinterengagement with the type to permit removal of the type, and meansfor fastening the unitary anvil and type retainer to the body.

4. A type holder comprising a laterally open body, a unitary anvil andtype retainer against which type is adapted to bear and having means forinterengagement with the type, the unitary anvil and type retainerclosing the body, the unitary anvil and type retainer and the bodyhaving opposed portions shaped to provide on one a fulcrum about whichthey are relatively tiltable to move said means out of interengagementwith the type to permit removal of the type, and means cooperating withthe unitary anvil and type retainer and with the body to fasten theunitary anvil and type retainer rigidly to the body in type holdingposition.

WILLIAM R. KING.

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